The Simpsons

Yep, just booked my tickets for tonight. 'Nika has been nagging me all week to go to this movie, and I am obliging. I suppose I'll have to go again when the older two get back from camp. Maybe I'll make 'em take the train down to Mall-o-America. Oh the sacrifices I'm willing to make for my family.

Last night we got some relief from the heat and humidity we've been suffering through this week. The heat indicies were in the low 100's for the past three days. I biked to work on Tuesday and Wednesday, and while it wasn't miserable, it wasn't pleasant either. On Tuesday as I was making my way through downtown, another biker pulled up behind me and asked who poured the water down my back. Haha. I told him it was me, and we had a nice chat for the next 20 blocks or so. I am convinced that biking does not pose as much of a risk of heat illness as other activities (assuming one keeps well hydrated). When you've got a 15-20 mph breeze coming at you head on, heat tends to dissipate, unlike when your digging ditches.

We got to live like Oma for almost 2 hours this morning. I woke up at 4:00 am an heard a cricket chirping. It took me a while to figure out that the power was off and none of the fans were running to drown out the noise from outside. There was no breeze, man-made or natural. It was very, very quiet until about 6 when our south of the border neighbors get picked up for work. No cell phones, no knocking on doors, not even any yelling. Honk the horn until rider appears. There are some mornings when I'd like to introduce them to a little culture shock and remind them they are no longer in Mexico City. I'm just glad the power went off this morning when it was relatively cool, and not the night before when it was sticky and awful.